Title: The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida [&] The Tragedy of Coriolanus Author: Shakespeare, William Place: [London] Publisher: Date: [1632] Description: Pp. 1-59. aa-ee6. Text in two columns; woodcut head & tailpieces & initials. (folio) 30.4x21 cm (12x8¼"), modern half brown morocco & cloth, spine titled in gilt. From the Second Folio Edition. Two complete plays from the 1632 second folio edition of Shakespeare's works. Troilus and Cressida combines tragedy with bawdy comedy; set during the Trojan War, it is considered one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays.” Coriolanus is the story of a Roman general “built on the grand scale” like Lear and Macbeth; one of Shakespeare’s final plays, T.S. Eliot considered it Shakespeare’s greatest tragic achievement. Plays from the Second Folio are the earliest obtainable form of Shakespeare's plays at a moderate price. The edition was printed by Thomas Cotes for a consortium of five publishers. STC 22274. Lot Amendments Condition: Some faint dampstaining and aging within; very good or better in handsome modern binding. Item number: 283410b
Title: The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida [&] The Tragedy of Coriolanus Author: Shakespeare, William Place: [London] Publisher: Date: [1632] Description: Pp. 1-59. aa-ee6. Text in two columns; woodcut head & tailpieces & initials. (folio) 30.4x21 cm (12x8¼"), modern half brown morocco & cloth, spine titled in gilt. From the Second Folio Edition. Two complete plays from the 1632 second folio edition of Shakespeare's works. Troilus and Cressida combines tragedy with bawdy comedy; set during the Trojan War, it is considered one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays.” Coriolanus is the story of a Roman general “built on the grand scale” like Lear and Macbeth; one of Shakespeare’s final plays, T.S. Eliot considered it Shakespeare’s greatest tragic achievement. Plays from the Second Folio are the earliest obtainable form of Shakespeare's plays at a moderate price. The edition was printed by Thomas Cotes for a consortium of five publishers. STC 22274. Lot Amendments Condition: Some faint dampstaining and aging within; very good or better in handsome modern binding. Item number: 283410b
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